On Saturday night, November 5, 2022, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted its 2022 class in grand fashion. Inductees included Eminem, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Carly Simon and Lionel Richie. Judas Priest and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis also joined the Hall Of Fame with the “award for musical excellence.”
Longtime friend and collaborator, his mentor, the legendary producer Dr. Dre had the pleasure of inducting Slim Shady, recalling the first time Jimmy Iovine called to let him know that Eminem was a white guy. “That completely f—d me up. I knew that his gifts were undeniable. Each of us was what the other one needed — and I was willing to bet my entire career on it. He brought hip-hop to middle America.”
There was only one way to follow such a massive induction, and that was with an even fresher performance. Eminem delivered just that, ripping through hits like “My Name Is,” “Forever,” “Not Afraid,” “Stan,” “Sing For The Moment” and “Rap God” — while also featuring surprising guests from Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler to Ed Sheeran. The Alchemist was behind the board and Mr. Porter as a hypeman, as always.
After the performance, the time for Eminem’s speech came: “I’m not supposed to be here tonight. One, I’m a rapper; two, I almost died from an overdose; and three, I really had to fight my way through… I’m a high school drop-out with a hip-hop education.” said Eminem before listening more than one hundred hip-hop acts that influenced him through his spectacular career.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony aired on November 19, 2022 on HBO and today the rehearsal video with Ed Sheeran has surfaced online. You can check the never before seen video footage below:
On Saturday, November 5th, 2022 – Eminem was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by his long-time collaborator, mentor and friend, legendary producer, Dr. Dre.
The Eminem show included a performance of some of his greatest hits, featuring Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Ed Sheeran and of course Denaun Porter as his hypeman.
The ceremony aired on HBO yesterday, November 19, 2022. To alert the fans about the broadcast, Denaun Porter went on Instagram, shared some of the iconic pictures with Eminem and penned a beautiful message to his long-time close friend and collaborator.
“Too many battles to recount, too many trials to mention , but all in all the journey has been amazing… God had us all along. I don’t speak much or talk a lot because I’m busy trying to live life outside of socially sharing and navigate it’s Bs even in this and how tough it is to do. I am full of gratitude. Eminem, love you Broski and we ain’t even close to done!” said Mr. Porter
It seems Eminem’s manger and friend Paul Rosenberg could not help himself not to react: “You’ve been there since the beginning and he couldn’t have done it without you. Take a bow, Mr. Porter! That trophy is yours too.” he commented.
Royce 5’9″ also commented “The Gawds,” and Bizarre “My guys,” followed by fire emojis from Busta Rhymes, Symbolyc One, Lazarus and goat emojis from DJ Khalil.
Eminem was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame by Dr. Dre on November 5, 2022 and the ceremony aired on HBO on November 19, 2022. Like we saw last year with LL Cool J, Eminem brought the heat on stage at Microsoft Theater.
Steven Tyler joined him to perform the Aerosmith-sampling “Sing For The Music” and Ed Sheeran subbed in for Dido on “Stan.”
Em’s daughter, Hailie, a frequent presence in his early discography, accompanied him to the ceremony, and the rapper followed his set with a uniformly humble speech in which he shared his gratitude for being alive to experience this moment.
“I’ll keep this as painless as possible, I’m f—ing stuttering and s—,” I’m probably not supposed to actually be here tonight because of a couple of reasons. One, I know that I’m a rapper, and this is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. There’s only a few of us who have been inducted already. Secondly, I almost died from an overdose in 2007, which kind of sucked.” said Eminem.
The performance itself was spectacular as we expected. P!nk, Gwen Stefani, Olivia Rodrigo and LL Cool J were amongst others who enjoyed the show most. You can watch it below (via u/verse1230)
The Detroit News has recently reached out to some of the artists that Eminem shouted out during his acceptance speech at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony. Here is what the legends of hip-hop have to say.
Merciless Ameer
It makes me feel like all the hard work has been recognized. For Em to say that in the Hall of Fame, my name is in the Hall of Fame. That’s a real big look.
I run into Eminem in 2000 at BET awards. He came off stage and I was standing there and I was like, ‘Eminem, it’s your homeboy, Merciless Ameer.’ And his jaw dropped like he saw a ghost. And he started singing, ‘A Day Without a Rhyme,’ just like in the beginning of my song, and I was like ‘wow.’ That was awesome.”
We heard him say all the names, and we didn’t realize at first it was in alphabetical order, so it took him a long time to get to me. We jumped up out of our seats at the same time, me and my little girl. So that was a very exciting thing.
I gotta congratulate Eminem for making it to that podium, and I completely appreciate him mentioning me. It’s almost like I was there, you know?
MC Serch
That, to me, was such a gracious and amazing thing to do, to have that depth of acknowledgment for all of the artists that he was able to remember in that auspicious moment. Artists that we are well aware of and artists that most of us are probably not aware of, but are all incredibly talented in their own right.”
It was exactly what Marshall and I were taught — and a lot of early White emcees, whether that’s Everlast or the Beastie Boys or Non Phixion or whoever — this is a Black art form, and we are lucky to be able to do it, we are lucky to be able to make a living at it, and we are lucky to be able to be involved in it. And I really respect Em a great deal for being so considerate and so thoughtful. I think he did a great justice that night to Proof, to Dilla, to Lo Louis, to the Cardi Boys, to Trick Trick, to all the artists that were there in the Lounge and who were there at the Hip-Hop Shop when he was coming up. He really put it down for the hood, for real.
He’s always been someone who has always been very respectful, not only of where he comes from, but what it took to get him where he is.
Milk Dee
At first, I thought I was really special because we were like the fourth name! Then I realized it was in alphabetical order. [He said, laughing].
Everybody was like, ‘oh Milk, get over yourself,’ but I’m like yo, I can hear it! I’m not saying he bit, but to this day whenever I hear (‘Lose Yourself’), I know my song influenced him and the way he did it. I can hear it. And to have him wear the T-shirt and then to give a shoutout — even though everybody around me was like, ‘oh, you’re crazy’ — it just lets me know that he was listening to that stuff. And I know that it influenced him, so that feels good. And one day when I meet him I’m going to ask him about that.
I think that was so classy and so needed. And it’s crazy: Eminem’s a white dude, and he did something that none of the black guys did for hip-hop. To me, that made it even more special. The fact that he went up there and he referenced his teachers, all of the people that influenced him — Jay-Z didn’t do that, LL didn’t do that. And I’m not trying to dis any of them, but I just felt it was real cool that Eminem was the one to do that. That made it even better.
Treach
“Hats off to Em. A lot of artists will come out and they don’t pay homage. I always let everybody know, my favorite artists from the 1970s and 1980s, it’s never a Top 5 or a Top 10, it’s like a Top 50, you feel me? So for him to do that, it just shows what type of individual he is. He never forgets.
He’s been doing it ever since he came out, he’s been shouting me out. I love him. I call him my light-skinned twin. And he definitely busted out of hip-hop to let everybody know this not just a culture of Black and Hispanic artists, White emcees and breakdancers and graffiti artists have been in hip-hop since the beginning. And it’s not just, ‘OK, they’re White, that’s why they’re getting all the play and attention.’ No. Everyone knows Em is one of the dopest emcees on the planet, ever. He’s definitely one of the greatest of all time, no doubt at all.
It’s an ego-run industry, and the majority are out there like, ‘I’m the best, it’s only me, it started with me,’ When Em did that, it shows you really how honorable of a guy he is.
Alliance
Oh man, that bugged me out. There was a bunch of names on there I definitely expected to hear, but Alliance was the underdog on that list, I can tell you. I was elated and humbled.
First of all, the fact that he even acknowledged the emcees that he listened to on the way up, it was incredible to hear. So I just wanted to hear his list. And then Alliance was early. I was like, ‘Woah!’ It was crazy.”
For the rest of the day that Sunday, I was on cloud nine. I was hard to talk to. I was a little difficult to deal with.
I’m teaching music production to students in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. I can talk to the kids, and it’s like, you may not know who so-and-so is, but you know who Eminem is, and he mentioned me. It’s gonna be a fun class.
Awesome Dré
When you a student of the game, that’s how you reflect it. These new artists out here, they don’t know who none of us are, they don’t know who half the people on that list are. And that’s a shame because you’re supposed to at least be aware. We’re not saying be fans or supporters. But if I hear a young jazz cat coming up studying jazz and I say, ‘what’s your opinion of John Coltrane or Miles Davis’ and they respond, ‘oh man, that old stuff? That’s before my time, I don’t listen to that,’ you would look at them like they were crazy. You have to study your craft and at least know the history of it.
It’s just an acknowledgment, and acknowledgment is a lot. Just to be recognized and mentioned means a lot, especially when you put so much into your craft. For an artist like Em, who has blown up as big as he has around the world and who has so many supporters and followers, to show who inspired him to get to that level is a great thing. I’m very honored.
Eminem was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday (November 5, 2022). Dr. Dre bestowed the honor upon the Detroit legend during the ceremony, which took place in Los Angeles at Microsoft Theater.
The iconic producer joked about how surprised he was to learn that Eminem was white and said that other people in the industry discouraged him from working with the once-unknown rapper. “I knew that his gifts were undeniable. Each of us were exactly what the other one needed — and I was willing to bet my entire career on that.”
Dre’s speech was full of jokes. At one point, he said: “Then, The Marshall Mathers LP drops. On that album alone, his alter ago, Slim Shady tied me up in the basement. He had s*x with his mother [here Eminem shouted “twice” from audience]. Killed his daughter’s mother again, while proceeding to offend about every special interest group…”
You can check out the video and Hailie’s reaction below:
The 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, including Detroit inductee Eminem, has just made its broadcast debut.
The four-hour hall of fame show premiered at 8 p.m. Saturday on HBO, with an immediate re-airing at midnight. The program is also now available for streaming on HBO Max.
Eminem was among this year’s seven major rock-hall inductees, alongside Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Pat Benatar, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon and the Eurythmics. The program, featuring performances and tributes, was taped November 5, 2022 for a star-filled crowd at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater.
Eminem was inducted by his longtime producer, collaborator and mentor Dr. Dre, and was joined by D12’s Denaun Porter for a performance medley. Slim Shady then accepted his induction with a speech rattling off more than 100 hip-hop acts who inspired his music.
The live performance is not yet available on free streaming services but some clips already started to surface on the net. One of them includes a reaction from Olivia Rodrigo when Eminem invited Steven Tyler to perform “Sing For The Moment.”
Hailie has released the latest episode called “Back To Reality” off her Just A Little Shady podcast and it’s mainly about Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, where Eminem was accompanied by her.
In the description in the video, Hailie writes: “Being thankful to live in Michigan- even after a surreal weekend in LA attending the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, putting our friendship to the test in Selena Gomez fashion after recapping the drama brought on by her new documentary, acknowledging the positive side of keeping relationships off the internet, and transitioning from our listeners’ seasonal spooky stories back to getting Just A Little Shady.”
The episode starts with the funny stories she went through during the ceremony night: “Getting to be there was definitely an experience I will never forget. There are some things that I will share but then there are somethings that I just love and cherish and will keep close to my heart and not share with you. But I have some funny stories that I have to share. And they are all about me.” said Hailie.
Then she continues: “It’s truly a wild west down there because I had some run-ins with experiences I’ve never experienced before so I’m happy to be home. [laughs]. I went out to eat and I’m used to living the benefits of living in good old Michigan and it would be weird to see a paparazzi, it would be weird to see a celebrity. I’m just not used to that. So I got to eat and a girl comes running over and she’s like, ‘hi, Hailie,’ and I’m like ‘oh my god, maybe somebody that listens to my podcast.’ Well, you wish! All of a sudden, out of nowhere, she pulls out camcorder bigger than her. I look same dead in the eyes because I don’t know what else to do. And I was like a deer in the headlights. I’m saying nothing. No words are coming out. Then I continue walking and a guy pops out nowhere and he’s taking pictures. All I could hear was voice in my head ‘PIVOT, PIVOT.’ So I quickly pivot. Somehow in that time when I pivot the guy gets around me the other side of me. We go back and forth so many times the guy’s laughing. And I’m like ‘Wow, I hope nobody ever see this and I hope it’s not on the video because I could have just acted normal. That has neve happened to me before.”
“And then, on the actual ceremony, while my dad was giving a speech, they wanted to film the audience reaction, they wanted to film my reaction. I’ve never been in such situation, having camera to film my reaction. They bring a knee pad for this guy, cause that guy was kneeling there for that long, and as soon as they throw the pad down for him to kneel on I’m like ‘wow, he’s gonna be there for that long?!’ And I start panicking in my head and I was trying to focus on the speech. But the camera was this close to me. And it was little lower angle because the guy was kneeling and all I could think was ‘oh my god, do I have a booger?!’ I’m like ‘don’t make any sudden movements.’ I was barely blinking.” said Hailie.
On Saturday night November 5, 2022, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted its 2022 class in grand fashion at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Inductees included Eminem, Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Lionel Richie and Carly Simon. Judas Priest and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis have also joined the Rock Hall with the “award for musical excellence.”
In his acceptance speech, Eminem thanked more than 100 hip-hop acts for being his influences, including Gang Starr, a duo that consists legendary DJ Premier and Guru. Gang Starr was at its height from the year 1989 to 2003, and are considered one of the best MC-and-producer duos in the history of rap. They are recognized for being one of the pioneers of jazz rap.
In is latest Twitter post, Preemo shared the clip where Slim Shady shouts out Gang Starr and thanked him for including Brooklyn, New York-based duo in his long list of influences during his induction speech: “Thanks Eminem for including Gang Starr in your acceptance speech at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction. To be mentioned along so many historic greats let’s us know we did it right and touched so many lives. Continue to be great. R.I.P. GURU.”
You can check the original post below:
Thanks @Eminem for including @gangstarr in your acceptance speech at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction. To be mentioned along so many historic greats let’s us know we did it right and touched so many lives. Continue to be great.
R.I.P. GURU 🙏🏾👑💚🕊
Salute @thereelbigshugpic.twitter.com/y10Y7o3IdM
During his induction speech, Eminemlisted more than one hundred hip-hop acts as his musical influences and hoped they will be considered to be in Hall Of Fame in future.
“So, my musical influences are many, and they say it takes a village to raise a child. Well, it took a whole genre and culture to raise me. They say success has many colors, and that’s definitely true for me. So whatever my impact has been on hip-hop music, I never would’ve or could’ve done this s–t without some of the ground-breaking artists that I’m about to mention right now.” – said Eminem.
The he continues: “And this is a list, man. I put this list together yesterday, and I kept adding to the s–t, adding to the s–t, and if I forget anybody, I apologize, but these were my teachers right here:
I’m going to start with the 2 Live Crew, 2Pac, 3rd Bass, Alliance, Apache, Audio Two, Milk Dee, what up? Awesome Dre, the Beastie Boys, Big Daddy Kane, Big Pun, Big L, Biz Markie, The Notorious B.I.G, of course, Black Moon, The Boogiemonsters, Brand Nubian, Brother J from X Clan, Buckshot, Casual from Hieroglyphics, Chill Rob G, Chubb Rock, Chuck D, and Public Enemy. Cypress Hill, D-Nice, Dana Dane, De La Soul. Nah, I’m only playing with you. De La Soul. Did I say De La Soul? Def Jeff, Del the Funky Homosapien, DJ Quik, Dr. Dre, Dres from Black Sheep, LG, EPMD, The Fat Boys, Fat Joe, Fu-Schnickens, Gang Starr, Geto Boys, Heavy D, House of Pain, Ice Cube, Ice-T, The Intelligent Hoodlum, J.J. Fad, Jaz-O, Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Justus, K-Solo, Kid ‘n Play. What’s happening right now? King Sun, King Tee, Kool G. Rap, Kool Moe Dee, KRS-One, Kwame, Lakim Shabazz, Large Professor, Leaders of the New School.
Man, where’d I just seen him? The one and only LL Cool J. Lord Finesse, Lords of the Underground, Mantronix, Masta Ace, MC Creed, MC Lyte, MC Shan, Melle Mel, Merciless Ameer, Mobb Deep, Monie Love, Nas, Newcleus, Onyx, Organized Confusion, OutKast, Andre 3000, Paris, Queen Latifah, Rakim, Redhead Kingpin, Pete Rock & CL Smooth.
I’m almost done. Redman. Redman, Roxanne Shante, Run DMC, Slick Rick and Doug E Fresh, Snoop Dogg, Souls of Mischief, Special Ed, Stetsasonic. Now I’m down to the S’s. Super Legacy and Casanova One, The DOC, the Roots, Black Thought, The Skinny Boys, Tony D, Too Short, Treach and Naughty by Nature, Tribe Called Quest, UTFO, Udini, Wise Intelligent and the Poor Righteous Teachers, Wu-Tang Clan and Wiki.
They’re legendary rock stars, man, and I just want to say, those are just a few of the names that I hope will be considered in the future. That was an old class. Without them a lot of us wouldn’t be here. So that’s all I have to say now. Know that this induction is supposed to me talking about myself and s–t, man, but f–k that. I wouldn’t be here without them. I’m a high school drop out, man, with a hip hop education and these are my teachers. It’s their night just as much as it is mine. So thank you.”
It seems Bizzy Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is not happy about Eminem leaving them out of the list. In his Instagram story, Bone wrote: “There is no way all these rappers go to Cleveland to be inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame and not think ‘why Bone Thugs not being inducted?!’ SOMEBODY HAD TO SAY IT! Preaaaach!” In the next slide, he put the video of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscar ceremony, probably implying that he would walked onstage and slap Eminem if he was present in the Rock Hall audience.
Check the screenshots of the stories by Bizzy Bone below:
Few days ago, Eminem got inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Slim Shady gave a nod of respect to a large list of hip-hop idols and influences, both known and obscure, during his induction speech at the Rock Hall ceremony in Los Angeles.
In all, the rap icon took about three-and-a-half minutes to mention more than 100 names after accepting the honor at the 37th annual ceremony held at the Microsoft Theater.
The Detroit legend also performed some of his greatest hits with surprise guests Ed Sheeran and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler. The setlist included songs like “My Name Is,” “Sing For The Moment,” “Forever,” “Stan,” “Rap God” and “Not Afraid.”
Eminem received congratulating messages from his peers, including Busta Rhymes, Swizz Beatz and Royce 5’9″ among others. Today, Tech N9ne also offered some nice words to the Rap God. Marshall shared a short clip of him performing on the Rock Hall stage on his social media accounts with the caption: “”Now how the f–k did this metamorphosis happen?” Thank you Rock Hall, Dr. Dre.” Under the post, Tech commented: “F__in’ MASSIVE bruh bruh! This was written by YOU! Wrote your way ALL the way up to this moment! [Fire Emojis] So much more to be written. L9ve and respect!” [Smiling emoji]
Check the screenshot the comment by Tech N9ne below:
The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inducted its 2022 class on November 5, with Eminem, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie and more joining the prestigious group of musicians.
Legendary producer Dr. Dre, who signed Eminem in 1998, inducted the Detroit emcee into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame with a speech in which the hip-hop mogul reflected on his relationship with Slim Shady.
“Over 20 years ago, Jimmy Iovine, who is also one of tonight’s inductees and one of my best friends, played a demo tape for me from a guy who called himself Eminem. The first thing I said when I heard it was, ‘What the f__k did he just say?’ I loved it so much that I couldn’t stop listening to it.” said Dre.
“A few days later, Jimmy called me and said, ‘You know he’s a White guy, right?’ F____d me up! Looking back, I don’t know why it didn’t cross my mind. He certainly didn’t sound like a Black rapper, especially because of what he was saying. I guess it was my ignorance at the time, thinking that if you’re a really good rapper, you must be Black.” Dre continued.
Following Dre’s induction speech, Eminem delivered a fiery performance with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler (Sing For The Moment) and Ed Sheeran (Stan). Additionally, Em performed “My Name Is,” “Forever,” “Rap God,” and “Not Afraid.”
Eminem received congratulating messages from his peers, family and friends. The list includes Busta Rhymes, Swizz Beatz, Lazarus, D12’s Kuniva and Bizarre and more. You can check them out below:
Congratulations to my brother, friend and musical collaborator. Thank you for lettin me be part of your amazing legacy. Hall of Fame Gang! @Eminempic.twitter.com/dTOK5KrXsl
When the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame reached out and asked if they could use portions of my interview with Em on their program I felt like Crooks Corner is doing it’s job. Providing high level Hip Hop/Rap conversations 🤝🏾 A little piece here #CrooksCornerpic.twitter.com/GuhqlzXeeh
On this day, Eminem was officially inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame by his long-time friend and mentor, legendary producer from Compton, Dr. Dre. The event took place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
During the induction speech, Dr. Dre joked about how surprised he was to learn that Eminem was white, and said that other people in the industry discouraged him from working with the once-unknown white-skinned rapper. “I knew that his gifts were undeniable. Each of us were exactly what the other one needed, and I was willing to bet my entire career on that.” said Dre from the stage.
Eminem performed “Sing For The Moment” and “Stan” alongside Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Ed Sheeran at the event. He also performed “My Name Is,” “Rap God” (with THAT supersonic speed), “Forever” and “Not Afraid” with Denaun Porter and The Alchemist behind the boards.
The Detroit legend received many congratulating messages from his peers, family and friends, including his mother, Debbie Mathers. In the video that surfaced online few hours ago, Christina, who happens do be a long-time friend to Debbie, says: “Hi, my name is Christina. I’m a long-time friend to Marshall Mather’s mother Debbie, and she has something to say to her son.”
Then Debbie Mathers, wearing Shady Records purple t-shirt, continues: “Yes… I want to say, Marshall, I could not let this day go by without congratulating you on your induction to Hall Of Fame. I love you very much. I knew you’d get there. It’s been a long ride. I’m very very proud of you. And also, I’m very proud of Hailie Jade, my baby girl. And I want to tell you a great job on your podcast. God bless you guys. I love you very much.”
You can watch the heartwarming video message below:
